- viewpointPublished: 17 July, 2008
Last month it was Markham Vaughan Gillingham. This month it's Churston Heard. One would be forgiven for thinking that the days of the independent retail surveying practice were numbered. But is that really the case?
(Page 6: 283 words) - Northern lightPublished: 17 July, 2008
Ten years ago, when the Trafford centre opened on a derelict industrial site wedged between the M60 and the Manchester Ship Canal, industry reaction focused on the Vegas-style architecture - all classical statues and preserved palm trees - and was in danger of ignoring the fact that John Whittaker's Peel Holdings had in fact created a phenomenal retail machine.
(Page 10: 1331 words) - movesPublished: 17 July, 2008
ING REAL ESTATE has recruited two development managers for the UK. MICHAEL WISEMAN has joined from Oak Holdings, where he was a development surveyor working on a number of mixed-use schemes. And TIM ARMSTEAD joins from Npower where he was a development surveyor responsible for managing and disposal of a variety of sites throughout the UK.
(Page 43: 234 words) - A lifetime of dedicationPublished: 17 July, 2008
At the impressive age of 94, you would expect Saul Magrill to be long retired. But the great grandfather loves his job so much that he has no plans to leave.
(Page 43: 209 words) - The long road to fundraisingPublished: 17 July, 2008
Fundraising has closed on an initiative to raise cash for air ambulance charities with the news that the target has been reached, raising more than £20,000. Spearheading the challenge was Karl Taylor, Workman Retail's manager at the Ryemarket shopping centre in Stourbridge.
(Page 43: 195 words) - A beach for all seasonsPublished: 17 July, 2008
No matter what the weather this summer, visitors to East Kilbride shopping centre will be able to enjoy all the fun of the seaside at Scotland's first indoor beach.
(Page 43: 112 words) - lettersPublished: 16 June, 2008
Photo-Me International Plc is the world leader in the operation of photobooths.
(Page 6: 299 words) - movesPublished: 16 June, 2008
PRUPIM has appointed NICK EARLY as the commercialisation director in its asset management team. He joins PRUPIM after having worked for two and a half years at DX3, a digital music technology company, and prior to that three and a half years at Carphone Warehouse.
(Page 42: 365 words) - Welcome to Liverpool One Ma'amPublished: 16 June, 2008
Seeing as we haven't yet opted for a Scandinavian-style bicycling royalty, our royals don't get to see the inside of shopping centres very often, but in May and June three of them visited our newest and biggest malls.
(Page 47: 185 words) - Catching the spooks in MayPublished: 16 June, 2008
At the end of May the cast and crew of BAFTA award-winning programme Spooks flocked down to the Surrey Quays shopping centre to film episode six of a new series. The well known and popular BBC1 drama is based around the shadowy world of MI5 and spies.
(Page 47: 95 words) - Daisy Dog's a winnerPublished: 16 June, 2008
An unusual pet bakery business has been selected as Britain's best new retail concept in the Make Your Mark competition sponsored by The Mall and RBS.
(Page 47: 178 words) - Prestigious award for ConnollyPublished: 16 June, 2008
DTZ director Eileen Connolly has won one of the shopping centre industry's highest honours - the ICSC's Trustees Distinguished Service Award.
(Page 47: 137 words) - Have tusker will travelPublished: 16 June, 2008
Outlet operator McArthurGlen is taking a life-sized elephant sculpture on a 3,000km journey across the Alps to Italy, stopping off at six of its centres on the way.
(Page 47: 102 words) - obituaryPublished: 19 May, 2008
Graeme Newman, managing director of Sovereign Land, passed away on Thursday 17 April 2008 at the Princess Alice Hospital in Esher.
(Page 6: 244 words) - viewpointPublished: 19 May, 2008
I know it seems a long while ago now but, before Christmas, the pundits were all saying that the market downturn would continue into the spring, when values would bottom out before staging a modest recovery in the second half of 2008.
(Page 6: 352 words) - Savvy ZavviPublished: 19 May, 2008
Entertainment retailer Zavvi is a new name on the UK high street, only emerging last year when Virgin Megastore's managing director Simon Douglas and finance director Steve Peckham took over the portfolio from Richard Branson in a management buyout.
(Page 8: 686 words) - the agentPublished: 19 May, 2008
Centre management teams are currently under pressure to create additional value in these difficult economic times. One way to do this is commercialisation, which has come to the fore at many client management meetings recently.
(Page 8: 307 words) - On top up WestPublished: 19 May, 2008
The tussle between Ken Livingstone and Boris Johnson to become Mayor of London may have been hogging the headlines, but London saw another important ballot this spring, with retailers in Oxford Street, Regent Street and Bond Street voting to renew the New West End Company's (NWEC) mandate to continue as the UK's biggest Business Improvement District.
(Page 10: 1033 words) - movesPublished: 19 May, 2008
THE BENTALL CENTRE has appointed MARCUS MARCH as centre operations manager. He was previously operations and facilities manager for the Covent Garden Estate.
(Page 43: 295 words) - Class of 2007 receive diplomas from BCSCPublished: 19 May, 2008
BCSC has awarded 29 Diplomas in Shopping Centre Management to the Class of 2007 at a ceremony held earlier this month at RIBA in London. The two-year course, run in association with the College of Estate Management at Reading University, has now seen 535 students successfully graduate since it started 20 years ago.
(Page 43: 179 words) - The Atrium tops outPublished: 19 May, 2008
With the last crane finally removed from site at The Atrium in Camberley, Surrey last month, local dignitaries from across the region gathered at the scheme on April 30 to perform the official 'topping out' ceremony.
(Page 43: 162 words) - Princesshay a winner againPublished: 19 May, 2008
Land Securities' Princesshay in Exeter won the award for the best medium-sized new development at the ICSC European conference in Amsterdam last month.
(Page 43: 106 words) - lettersPublished: 21 April, 2008
I would like to use your letters column to pass on my gratitude to those people who contributed to the production of the Tenant Active System (TAS) launch video.
(Page 6: 246 words) - viewpointPublished: 21 April, 2008
Three malls have opened in the past month in Ashford, High Wycombe and Cambridge with a combined floorspace of 1.6 million sq ft. With Belfast opening last month and Liverpool next month we're now in the middle of the busiest spate of centre openings the country has seen.
(Page 6: 328 words) - Big cat strikesPublished: 21 April, 2008
Founded 60 years ago by Rudolph Dassler, the brother of Adidas creator Adolph Dassler, Puma has a market capitalisation of over o4bn. It sponsors the football teams of Italy, Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria and Switzerland. And it sponsored most of the teams in this year's African Cup of Nations.
(Page 8: 660 words) - issuesPublished: 21 April, 2008
Well, the merry-go-round has well and truly ground to a halt, and at the risk of mixing my metaphors, if you're left holding the parcel it's always possible that in reality you can't implement the asset plan that was relying on yields coming in further.
(Page 8: 326 words) - movesPublished: 21 April, 2008
As part of its programme of investment and expansion at Motherwell's Brandon shopping centre, CALA PROPERTIES has appointed a full-time centre manager. CLAIRE JEFCOATE has moved from Rutherglen shopping centre in Glasgow to become the centre's first permanent, full-time manager for a number of years.
(Page 26: 892 words) - Poranges in seasonPublished: 21 April, 2008
A Scottish national newspaper adopted Braehead shopping centre's annual spoof as it's April Fool story this year.
(Page 31: 222 words) - BCSC stalwart retiresPublished: 21 April, 2008
Ray Hoof, manager of the Telford shopping centre since it opened in 1973, and a key member of the BCSC West Midlands region, recently retired.
(Page 31: 85 words) - Haslam heads for the high seas - for charityPublished: 21 April, 2008
Spare a thought for Sue Haslam, director in the facilities and property management department at Legat Owen, as she sets out on the voyage of a lifetime from Santa Cruz in California.
(Page 31: 151 words) - Channel 4 at BluewaterPublished: 21 April, 2008
The hit Channel 4 show, How To Look Good Naked, has moved to Bluewater from The Trafford Centre, where the first series was filmed. The North Kent mall has been chosen as the new location for the final catwalk element of the show.
(Page 31: 111 words) - Meadowhall leads the eco-electric revolutionPublished: 21 April, 2008
Meadowhall has become the first UK shopping centre to offer its customers free electric car charging points.
(Page 31: 111 words) - Biting the bulletPublished: 02 April, 2008
Scottish retailer Bite is embarking on plans to expand south of the border, having established itself as a recognised brand in the active sports sector in Scotland.
(Page 6: 770 words) - marketeerPublished: 02 April, 2008
I recently spent a day listening to a series of presentations at a Market Research Society seminar, 'The Future of Geodemographics'. Those who read this column will doubtless recall me banging on about this subject. To recap, our thesis is that a shopping centre's catchment is inherently unstable and that a significant amount of a marketer's energy and resources should be devoted to sustaining or improving the number of shoppers using the centre. The effectiveness of the marketing strategy to achieve this will be determined by the depth of understanding of the target shoppers.
(Page 6: 262 words) - Food feedbackPublished: 02 April, 2008
The South-West has a long and established tradition of taking pride in its local produce. Home of the Soil Association and instrumental in the growth of the organic food movement, the combination of rich arable land and fruits of the sea gives these counties a distinct head start in the rich pickings from their market gardens.
(Page 10: 358 words) - viewpointPublished: 02 April, 2008
This year's Shopping Centre Managers' conference seemed better than ever, and it has benefited from the move to the ever-expanding Manchester Central venue.
(Page 10: 322 words) - Turning pointPublished: 02 April, 2008
The new BCSC president, Martyn Chase, has taken over an organisation which finds itself at something of a crossroads. Externally, the shopping centre industry will deliver more new space than ever before this year - 14 schemes spread across the country are due for completion with a combined value of more than £4bn, but this coincides with a challenging investment and occupational market. Internally the BCSC's 25th anniversary is provoking a degree of soul-searching about the way forward.
(Page 12: 1230 words) - movesPublished: 02 April, 2008
PAPA JOHN'S has appointed ALAN MASON as director of property. He has previously held senior roles with a number of high-profile companies including: Rileys, Pizza Hut, Luminar Leisure and Allied Domecq.
(Page 47: 228 words) - A victorious opening for Victoria SquarePublished: 02 April, 2008
Northern Ireland First Minister Ian Paisley made his first public appearance following his resignation this month at the launch of Victoria Square, Belfast.
(Page 47: 212 words) - Corner House wins an RMU for a yearPublished: 02 April, 2008
Blueprint Projects, in conjunction with Shopping Centre, gave one lucky centre the chance to win a retail merchandise unit (RMU) with free delivery and installation for a year - a prize worth around £8,000. And the lucky winner, announced at the BCSC shopping centre management conference in Manchester earlier this month, is Suzanne Green, centre manager of the Corner House leisure and entertainment complex in Nottingham.
(Page 47: 257 words) - lettersPublished: 18 February, 2008
The January edition of Shopping Centre carried a letter from Ian Waterman expressing his delight at seeing that Princesshay had won the BCSC Supreme Gold Medal at the awards ceremony in December. He then went on to say that the complex is "renowned for having problems with its lifts, with stores experiencing regular breakdowns". I am not sure quite how Mr Waterman reaches a view that Princesshay is renowned in this respect, but as somebody who has lived with the development and implementation of the scheme over the last decade, I can honestly say that the many comments, emails, letters and visitor feedback that we have had have been virtually unanimously glowing about the scheme and the way it works.
(Page 6: 328 words) - viewpointPublished: 18 February, 2008
News that British Land has had to knock another £80m off the value of its Meadowhall regional mall in the final quarter of the year was not unexpected. And indeed some might have expected the valuers to be even more pessimistic.
(Page 6: 351 words) - Spreading outPublished: 18 February, 2008
Food retailer Netto might be well established in the UK, having first opened its doors in 1990 and grown to 180 stores, but this is not stopping the company from undergoing a radical overhaul that will see it move away from its 'hard discounter' purely price-led positioning to that of a more mainstream supermarket.
(Page 9: 653 words) - the agentPublished: 18 February, 2008
Shopping centre values have fallen as the investment market comes to terms with the credit crunch. From now on performance will be largely driven by income growth, and managers will have to show their true worth to maximise the asset. So, how does a management team help to create value when there is a downturn in the market?
(Page 9: 305 words) - movesPublished: 18 February, 2008
HENDERSON GLOBAL INVESTORS has appointed ALICE BREHENY as head of property research following Patrick Bushnell's decision to retire and take on a non-executive role for the business.
(Page 43: 258 words) - Ocean's TransgressionPublished: 18 February, 2008
Ocean Terminal at Leith has become the first Scottish shopping centre to house an indoor urban skatepark. Transgression Park - run by the Scottish extreme sports company, EHX - is bringing the shopping centre alive with action as novices and enthusiasts alike practise skateboarding, rollerblading, BMX, break dancing and tricking.
(Page 43: 122 words) - Unique clinic at East KilbridePublished: 18 February, 2008
Unfit gamers in East Kilbride are taking advantage of a unique new temporary service at Scotland's largest undercover shopping centre. Following reports of pulled muscles and aching joints as a result of playing Nintendo's hugely popular interactive Wii console, East Kilbride shopping centre has teamed up with a leading EK masseuse to launch the country's first Wii clinic.
(Page 43: 158 words) - Bespoke art, quite literallyPublished: 18 February, 2008
Sutton's St Nicholas Centre hosted over 1,200 eager school pupils for the Bike FX competition at the end of January.
(Page 43: 78 words) - lettersPublished: 15 January, 2008
Branding is an integral ethos not a cosmetic fix
(Page 8: 629 words) - viewpointPublished: 15 January, 2008
Before M&S chief executive Stuart Rose could even drop into Buckingham Palace to be dubbed Sir Stuart, the gloss has come off his much-hailed revival of the company. After a bruising Christmas the share price has dipped back below the 400p per share that Sir Philip Green was willing to bid four years ago.
(Page 8: 334 words) - A balancing act?Published: 15 January, 2008
The panel was hosted by Old Mutual directors Ian Watt and Ben Kodisang, and the discussion was opened by Watt. "Should shopping centres play a role in their local communities?" he asked. "In the end we're creating spaces for people to use."
(Page 10: 1346 words) - movesPublished: 15 January, 2008
CHESTER PROPERTIES has appointed KATE METHUEN as marketing manager at Festival Park, Ebbw Vale. She has 10 years' marketing experience with Bass, Mitchells & Butlers, Mars and Britvic Soft Drinks.
(Page 27: 326 words)
Look over your shoulderPublished: 15 January, 2008The Bentall Centre in Kingston is the unexpected setting for the first exciting episode of the new series of ITV's hit sci-fi show, Primeval, which was broadcast on Saturday, January 12.
(Page 27: 135 words) - Land Securities keeps up the good work with StreetworkPublished: 15 January, 2008
Edinburgh charity Streetwork has appointed Land Securities' UK head of retail operations, Nick Peel, to its board to help develop commercial opportunities.
(Page 27: 148 words) - Corrigan heads for ScandinaviaPublished: 15 January, 2008
Phil Corrigan, formerly of the Maltings St Albans, has been seconded by EFM Facilities to Skarholmen in Stockholm, one of the 10 Stockholm centres purchased by its client, Boultbee, in September this year.
(Page 27: 78 words) - viewpointPublished: 14 December, 2007
Land Securities' Princesshay was the worthy winner of the supreme award at this year's BCSC Golds. Neil Varnham, chairman of the awards jury, rightly pointed out that the scheme ticks all the boxes of the government's urban agenda: it incorporates residential and leisure alongside the retail and it has opened up new public spaces in the heart of a historic city.
(Page 7: 330 words) - lettersPublished: 14 December, 2007
I was interested to read your Viewpoint in the November edition of Shopping Centre in the wake of our record-setting BCSC Conference & Showcase. It raised important points regarding how BCSC - or indeed anyone organising a major industry conference and exhibition - can meet the dual-track requirements for delegates: the need to debate new thinking and the imperative to do business.
(Page 7: 306 words) - Squaring upPublished: 14 December, 2007
Burton-on-Trent is set for major change in the next two decades with plans by the council to regenerate the town centre.
(Page 12: 555 words) - movesPublished: 14 December, 2007
GARETH WILLIAMS and LIZ REEVES have recently joined CLUTTONS' planning and regeneration team. Williams, who previously worked at White Young Green Planning and Portsmouth City Council, joins the team in Romsey as an associate. Reeves has been appointed graduate planner, having recently completed her studies at University College London.
(Page 32: 945 words) - November figures are true to formPublished: 14 December, 2007
According to the latest retail sales monitor from the British Retail Consortium and KPMG, UK retail sales rose 1.2 per cent on a like-for-like basis in November, compared with the previous November when sales were up only 0.5 per cent. November's growth is just above October's 1.0 per cent but well below the average for both 2006 and 2007 to date.
(Page 35: 341 words) - Alarm at a worryingly bleak startPublished: 14 December, 2007
The expected flood to the high street this week has been more of a washout for retailers, as the year-on-year fall in shopper numbers continue to plummet, according to Experian's FootFall division. Although showing a week-on-week increase of 5.6 per cent, the FootFall index for the week commencing 26 November recorded a dismal decrease of 3.5 per cent on the same spending period last year, as Christmas shopping figures continue to trail those of 2006.
(Page 35: 180 words) - Princesshay sets gold standardPublished: 14 December, 2007
Princesshay, Land Securities' new shopping centre in Exeter has won the BCSC's Supreme Gold award for 2007. A delighted Peter Cleary, Land Secs' head of retail development, accepted the award at the annual BCSC dinner at London's Grosvenor House.
(Page 39: 199 words) - The height of fashion: Warner showcase the bestPublished: 14 December, 2007
Liverpool's credentials as one of the UK's fashion capitals were underlined when Warner Estate hosted a fashion show featuring the work of Vivienne Westwood, Britain's most famous designer, at its Cavern Walks Boutique Emporium in the city centre.
(Page 39: 144 words) - A birch wood for BurtonPublished: 14 December, 2007
Coopers Square in Burton-on-Trent is the first shopping centre to have its own wood. The dedicated area, named as the Coopers Square Wood, is near the Conkers Visitor Centre in Moira, Derbyshire.
(Page 39: 132 words) - Architectural awe at Trafford Centre's Barton SquarePublished: 14 December, 2007
A new glazed bridge has been installed in an overnight operation to cross Barton Dock Road in Trafford, connecting The Trafford Centre to its new Barton Square development.
(Page 39: 114 words) - lettersPublished: 13 November, 2007
Gift cards were first pioneered here in the UK in 2005
(Page 6: 713 words) - Food feedbackPublished: 13 November, 2007
We have long been saying that foodservice can be leisure in its own right. While people are sceptical about this in the UK, they are much less so in Europe, and EPD has created a fabulous new facility in the centre of Prague, which opened its doors to the public at 10.00pm on Thursday 23 October. The centre combines an old barracks and stables building, retaining original facades, with a strikingly modern interior set over five floors.
(Page 6: 297 words) - viewpointPublished: 13 November, 2007
The BCSC's annual shindig on the banks of the Tyne was bigger than ever with 3,300 delegates in attendance. Fine weather always helps, but Newcastle and Gateshead proved to be an attractive conference venue.
(Page 6: 331 words) - A softer feelPublished: 13 November, 2007
Mobile phone operator 3 will shortly begin the roll out of a newly designed store that aims to attract female shoppers and to appeal to shopping centre managers as well.
(Page 8: 622 words) - the agentPublished: 13 November, 2007
There are now less than six months to go until the official deadline of 6 April 2008 when Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) are required on the sale or letting of all commercial buildings of more than 10,000 sq m. From July 2008 EPCs will be needed for all buildings over 2,500 sq m and from 1 October 2008 all commercial property will require an EPC. From a property investor's perspective the timing could not be worse as we all try to get to grips with the recent slowdown in the market.
(Page 8: 314 words) - In the mixPublished: 13 November, 2007
KLM managing director Howard Morgan welcomed the expert panel, and began by asking: "Is property management more important in mixed-use projects than in single-use schemes?"
(Page 10: 1094 words) - movesPublished: 13 November, 2007
LVAM has appointed HOWARD MEANEY as the new head of property investment. He will manage the new LV= UK property fund as well as the group's other property investments, which currently total £800m in assets. He joins from Cushman & Wakefield, where he was a partner in the property investment management team.
(Page 28: 928 words) - Gold Standard for regenerationPublished: 13 November, 2007
Regeneration projects in Hebden Bridge, Luton and Redruth have won the BCSC's Gold Standard awards for Town Centre Environment. The awards, which were presented at the Gateshead conference, recognise work undertaken in towns and cities across the UK to improve the urban environment and encourage retail investment.
(Page 35: 173 words) - Milton Keynes trips the Light FantasticPublished: 13 November, 2007
Midsummer Place in Milton Keynes and thecentre:mk joined forces on October 12 and 13 to host and part fund a massive free public event on a scale never seen in the town before. The 'Light Fantastic' event drove a significant increase in footfall with the busiest Friday and Saturday recorded in 2007 to date.
(Page 35: 135 words) - Local heroes recognised by BCSCPublished: 13 November, 2007
BCSC marked the opening off its 2007 conference and retail showcase in Gateshead by presenting cheques for £12,500 each to two charities. Representatives from WaterAid and CLIC Sargent were both presented cheques by Alan Shearer, the former England and Newcastle football star, and BCSC chief executive Michael Green.
(Page 35: 149 words) - UK centres triumph in New OrleansPublished: 13 November, 2007
UK shopping centres were at the forefront when the Maxi Marketing Awards were handed out at the ICSC's recently-held fall convention in New Orleans. The international Maxi Awards recognise the best marketing campaigns from around the world, and five British shopping centres came home bearing trophies.
(Page 35: 132 words) - Finally... a small sigh of reliefPublished: 31 October, 2007
UK retail sales in September were up 3.0 per cent on a like-for-like basis, compared with September 2006, according to the latest Retail Sales Monitor from the British Retail Consortium and KPMG.
(Page 10: 248 words) - viewpointPublished: 31 October, 2007
Westfield arrived in the UK at the tail end of the last decade. Although Lend Lease had set new standards at Bluewater, the arrival of another Australian shopping centre owner was met with a degree of cynicism.
(Page 10: 319 words) - Crystal clearPublished: 31 October, 2007
Fashion jewellery retailer Swarovski is a familiar name in many of the country's premier shopping centres, and with further store openings expected over the next few years it's certainly a company to watch out for.
(Page 11: 715 words) - issuesPublished: 31 October, 2007
I am spending a fair amount of time travelling around Europe overseeing three schemes in Germany, the Czech Republic and Hungary. The more I travel the more I appreciate just how valuable good service is.
(Page 11: 324 words) - Battening down the hatches...Published: 31 October, 2007
There's no doubt that global credit crunch has hit the shopping centre investment market hard. For many purchasers it was the ready availability of debt finance that oiled the wheels of the investment merry-go-round. Without that essential lubricant the ride has come to a juddering halt.
(Page 12: 1185 words) - On your marksPublished: 31 October, 2007
More than 3,000 delegates are expected to congregate next month in Gateshead for the UK shopping centre industry's biggest event - the annual BCSC Conference & Showcase.
(Page 33: 654 words) - Show businessPublished: 31 October, 2007
Alongside the Conference BCSC will once again host the popular Showcase exhibition. This year's Showcase, which was more than 90 per cent sold out in early October, will host more than 90 retailers, owners, developers, agents, advisers, consultants and other exhibiting groups.
(Page 34: 600 words) - The centre scenePublished: 31 October, 2007
On the opening day of the BCSC conference, delegates will have the opportunity to take a guided tour of Newcastle city centre, one of the UK's most vibrant retail destinations.
(Page 36: 686 words) - A life of leisurePublished: 31 October, 2007
Focal point of the BCSC's Gateshead study tour will be a visit to Capital Shopping Centres' MetroCentre. At 1.8 million sq ft the MetroCentre, which originally opened in 1986, is the UK's top-ranked regional shopping centre and is Europe's largest covered retail and leisure destination. And as the centre celebrates its 21st birthday CSC has unveiled ambitious plans to refresh the offer with the refurbishment and extension of the centre's Yellow Mall.
(Page 38: 643 words) - movesPublished: 31 October, 2007
CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD has made JOHN MENZIES, formerly head of retail for Donaldsons in Scotland, a partner. C&W holds instructions to handle the St James shopping centre in Edinburgh, the St Enoch centre in Glasgow and 12 other shopping centres in Scotland.
(Page 44: 988 words) - Fashion at the TrianglePublished: 31 October, 2007
Manchester's fashionistas flocked to the Triangle shopping centre last month to watch the final of North West Young Designer of the Year.
(Page 51: 159 words) - A deal of fortune for The MallPublished: 31 October, 2007
Talkback Thames has started recording ITV1's All Star Family Fortunes, which is being sponsored by The Mall. The sponsorship deal will put The Mall brand in front of millions of prime-time viewers, and will include events in all of its properties nationwide.
(Page 51: 224 words) - Sell out night for a fightPublished: 31 October, 2007
Centre owners like to portray their malls as havens of peace and quiet, but Zurich Assurance's Piazza shopping centre in Huddersfield became the unlikely venue for the first ever UK theatre production of Fight Club.
(Page 51: 124 words) - Disney Pixar's new chef raises funds for charityPublished: 31 October, 2007
Leisure agents Shelley Sandzer managed to create the perfect recipe of work, pleasure and charity by hosting a special advance screening of the forthcoming Disney Pixar Film Ratatouille at the Apollo West End Cinema.
(Page 51: 92 words) - lettersPublished: 14 September, 2007
As the consultation closes on the Draft Local Transport Bill we are calling on Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly not to relinquish the power to approve how revenue from local road-user charging is spent. We fear that, without that safeguard, local authorities will exploit charging schemes as a general revenue raiser.
(Page 6: 213 words) - viewpointPublished: 14 September, 2007
Last week the Bloomberg newswire carried a story forecasting that commercial real estate prices in the USA would fall by 10 to 15 per cent over the next two years because of the credit crunch, quoting authoritative sources like the investment bank Morgan Stanley.
(Page 6: 339 words) - Health consciousPublished: 14 September, 2007
Specialist health products retailer Holland & Barrett is expanding its business in the UK and overseas, including taking on markets where other retailers have failed.
(Page 8: 690 words) - marketeerPublished: 14 September, 2007
I've written many times that the essence of marketing is to create and retain customers profitably.
(Page 8: 265 words) - Consumer confidence hit by interest ratesPublished: 14 September, 2007
According to the BRC/KPMG retail sales monitor, UK retail sales in August were up 1.8 per cent on a like-for-like basis compared with August 2006. The three-month trend rate of growth was unchanged from July, at 2.1 per cent for like-for-like sales, and slipped to 4.0 per cent from 4.1 per cent for total sales, reflecting the continuing growth of retail space.
(Page 9: 664 words) - Spread your wingsPublished: 14 September, 2007
Nigel Brown runs a global property empire from an impressive office overlooking the Thames on London's South Bank. It forms part of St Martins' massive London Bridge City (LBC) complex, which pioneered corporate office development on the South Bank. Now it's a highly fashionable location but when LBC was built 20 years ago it was seen as a bold move.
(Page 10: 1209 words) - movesPublished: 14 September, 2007
PETER FRAUNHOFFER has joined CBRE in a newly-created role of head of retail for CEE. He has spent the last 11 years looking after the CEE region for German shoe retailer, Deichmann. And SVEN BUCHSTEINER joins CBRE Germany from DTZ as head of retail research.
(Page 24: 882 words) - Businesswoman 2007Published: 14 September, 2007
Camille Waxer, head of retail at Canary Wharf Group, has won the prestigious 2007 Harper's Bazaar & Aquascutum Businesswoman of the Year award. This is the fifth year the awards have taken place and the first time they have been sponsored by British luxury fashion brand Aquascutum.
(Page 31: 206 words) - St Enoch Centre builders pretty in pinkPublished: 14 September, 2007
Shoppers visiting Glasgow's St Enoch Centre, the official fashion sponsor of the Breast Cancer Care Scotland Fashion Show, saw pink last month as builders working on the site's £100m transformation donned bright pink hard hats to show their support for the charity.
(Page 31: 170 words) - Eastgate 'Bikeathon' raises £4,500 for charityPublished: 14 September, 2007
Staff from British Land's Eastgate shopping centre in Basildon demonstrated their physical and mental endurance skills by completing a charity bikeathon to support the Touching Tiny Minds Appeal on behalf of Action Medical Research.
(Page 31: 145 words) - Westfield has it in the bagPublished: 14 September, 2007
Westfield shopping centres are stocking a limited edition shopping bag inspired by the NSPCC's FULL STOP logo, to launch the company's £50,000 fundraising partnership with the leading children's charity.
(Page 31: 48 words) - viewpointPublished: 10 September, 2007
It feels like I am the only person in the world not going away for a summer holiday this year, having taken mine in the depths of winter. But while our esteemed editor enjoys the sun in Corsica, I caught the train on a rather rainy day to visit Cardiff.
(Page 6: 351 words) - lettersPublished: 10 September, 2007
Retail property body BCSC has just completed the industry's most in-depth research programme to date: 'The Future of Retail Property'.
(Page 8: 396 words) - New perspectivePublished: 10 September, 2007
British Land's 1.2 million-sq ft Meadowhall shopping complex and the Magna attraction are only about a mile apart, on opposite sides of the M1 motorway. But their managers - Mohammed Dajani and Matthew Beck - had never met before we asked them to swap jobs for a day.
(Page 10: 1365 words) - movesPublished: 10 September, 2007
HAMMOND PHILLIPS has made two new appointments in its asset management team. SARAH MILNE-DAY joins from Scurr & Partners as property manager. And MANNY ELMAN, formally financial controller at Cluttons, has joined in the newly-created position of head of management accounts.
(Page 24: 931 words) - More rain and less spending for JulyPublished: 10 September, 2007
UK retail sales were up by 1.2 per cent on a like-for-like basis, compared with July 2006, while the three-month trend rate of growth fell to 2.1 per cent from 2.5 per cent in June, for like-for-like sales, and to 4.1 per cent from 4.6 per cent for total sales, reflecting the continuing growth of retail space.
(Page 30: 352 words) - Footfall reached record levels last monthPublished: 10 September, 2007
July saw the Retail FootFall Index (RFI) hit the highest level so far in 2007, as summer rain drove consumers away from the seaside and into shopping centres.
(Page 30: 280 words) - Marooned at the MetroPublished: 10 September, 2007
Being 'shipwrecked' in a shopping centre may sound like a dream to most women, but five shoppers at MetroCentre endured a gruelling five days and four nights on the Gateshead centre's very own desert island in a bid to win the holiday of a lifetime.
(Page 31: 218 words) - Chapelfield have it wrapped upPublished: 10 September, 2007
All aboard! A special collaboration between Chapelfield in Norwich and 'one' railway was celebrated recently with the launch of a unique, 'wrapped' train.
(Page 31: 159 words) - Conquest of the peaksPublished: 10 September, 2007
Real estate firm John Arkwright & Co donned their walking boots and put their best feet forward in the Red Cross Three Peaks Challenge last month, winning the 'Top Fundraising Team' award and helping to raise a massive estimated total of £100,000.
(Page 31: 124 words) - Simpsons photo-opportunity at Ocean Terminal mallPublished: 10 September, 2007
Fay Jameson, marketing manager at Ocean Terminal, took a well-earned rest alongside America's most famous family when they visited the Edinburgh mall.
(Page 31: 127 words) - BCSC a big draw at the WallacePublished: 10 September, 2007
BCSC's Summer Reception, held recently at the Wallace Collection in London, came a day after BCSC launched 'Shopping Places for People' - its view on the future of retail property over the next 10 years. Pictured at the event (l to r) Stuart Rose, chief executive of M&S; Michael Green, chief executive of BCSC; Maddie Strachan; and past BCSC presidents John Strachan, global head of retail at Cushman Wakefield, and Andrew Ogg, managing director of architects Leslie Jones.
(Page 31: 80 words) - Meadowhall hit by Sheffield floodPublished: 01 July, 2007
Meadowhall shopping centre remains partially closed more than a fortnight after the catastrophic flooding that hit Sheffield on Monday June 25. The upper malls reopened on Monday July 2 after losing six days' trade but other parts of the centre remain closed.
(Page 1: 232 words) - issuesPublished: 01 July, 2007
It's that time in the cycle when if in doubt companies buy themselves out, or sell themselves on or look to make one and one equal three! Of course there is no market without two parties thinking the opposite thing, and that depends on perception.
(Page 7: 294 words) - lettersPublished: 01 July, 2007
An open letter to the Association of Greater Manchester Authorities
(Page 8: 578 words) - viewpointPublished: 01 July, 2007
The wave of mergers & acqusitions in the surveying business shows no sign of abating with a management buyout at Lambert Smith Hampton and the potential takeover of Donaldsons by DTZ.
(Page 8: 330 words) - movesPublished: 01 July, 2007
The EFM FACILITIES team in London has expanded with the appointment of RICHARD CASTILLO as head of IT to bolster the group's support services. He joins EFM Facilities from ITD UK and brings with him 10 years of IT experience including operational support and training skills.
(Page 22: 1006 words) - An avian educationPublished: 01 July, 2007
Over 200 children from seven Edinburgh primary schools flocked to the Gyle shopping centre recently to discover all there is to know about wild birds.
(Page 31: 233 words) - Prepared for the worstPublished: 01 July, 2007
More than 100 retail destination and shopping centre executives from the North of England took part in the annual BCSC Northern Region Conference at the De Vere Oulton Hall near Leeds in early June.
(Page 31: 99 words) - The BBC at MaidstonePublished: 01 July, 2007
The BBC's Politics Show sent its cameras to Maidstone retail centre Fremlin Walk this month, where the programme makers recorded footage for a TV debate on the increased use of CCTV.
(Page 31: 115 words) - The spirit of Wales is alive and well at St David'sPublished: 01 July, 2007
Land Securities and Capital Shopping Centres kicked off the marketing for their million-sq ft St David's 2 project in Cardiff with a Welsh-themed event at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden.
(Page 31: 147 words) - Let them eat cake...Published: 01 July, 2007
Cushman & Wakefield's stable of shopping centres has adopted the Retail Trust as their charity of choice, and they're doing their bit to celebrate the retail industry's charity's 175th birthday.
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SCEPTRE winner - Mall Promotion of the YearPublished: 21 June, 2007BEcause Experiential Marketing was the winner in the Mall promotion category, sponsored by Promotion Space.
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SCEPTRE winner - Young Achiever of the YearPublished: 21 June, 2007Winner of the Young Achiever SCEPTRE Award, sponsored by Insitu Services, was Carly North from lakeside, Thurrock
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SCEPTRE winner - Short Term Merchant of the YearPublished: 21 June, 2007The SCEPTRE Award for Short Term Merchant of the Year, sponsored by Retail Profile Europe, went to The Red Image.
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SCEPTRE winner - Retailer of the YearPublished: 21 June, 2007This year's SCEPTRE Retailer of the Year, sponsored by Land Securities, is the John Lewis Partnership.
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SCEPTRE winner - Environmental Management of the YearPublished: 21 June, 2007Sheffield's Meadowhall Centre won the new SCEPTRE Award for Environmental Management, sponsored by Envirowise, for its handling of shopfit waste.
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SCEPTRE winner - Marketing Manager of the YearPublished: 21 June, 2007Karen Car, marketing manager at the MetroCentre in Gateshead, was the winner of this year's SCEPTRE Marketing manager of the Year Award, sponsored by LDJ Design & Display.
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SCEPTRE winner - Town Centre Manager of the YearPublished: 21 June, 2007Mo Aswat, executive director of Bedford's Business Improvement District, won teh SCEPTRE Award for town centre manager of the year, sponsored by SGP Property Services.
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SCEPTRE winner - Customer Service Team of the YearPublished: 21 June, 2007Festival Place in basingstoke was the winner of the SCEPTRE Award for Customer Services Team of the Year.
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SCEPTRE winner - All Ireland Developer of the YearPublished: 21 June, 2007Shopping Centre Ireland's readers voted Ballymore as their developer of the year at this year's SCEPTRE Awards.
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SCEPTRE winner - All Ireland Property Agent of the YearPublished: 21 June, 2007Bannon Commercial was voted All Ireland property Agent of the Year by the readers of Shopping Centre Ireland.
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SCEPTRE winner - All Ireland Centre Manager of the YearPublished: 21 June, 2007Dundrum's Don Nugent emerged as the SCEPTRE Awards All Ireland Shopping Centre Manager of the Year, following a poll of Shopping Centre Ireland's readers.
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SCEPTRE winner - Centre Manager of the Year (up to 150,000 sq ft)Published: 21 June, 2007Jane McLeod, manager of Realm's Atlantic Village in Bideford, North Devon, was the winner of the SCEPTRE Award for best manager of a small shopping centre.
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